They won one, and they lost one. A one and one week has sent the Creighton men’s basketball team slipping to #17 in the weekly USA Today coaches poll. They were #12 the previous week.
The Bluejays lost to Drake 69-74 on Wednesday but bounced back with a solid 81-51 win over Southern Illinois on Sunday.
This is how the USA Today poll shapes up as of January 28. The number in parentheses is where the team stood the previous week.
1. Kansas (2)
2. Michigan (3)
3. Indiana (8)
4. Florida (7)
5. Duke (1)
6. Syracuse (4)
7. Gonzaga (10)
8. Arizona (6)
9. Michigan State (11)
10. Butler (9)
11. Ohio State (15)
12. Oregon (19)
13. Louisville (5)
14. Wichita State (21)
15. Miami (NR)
16. Mississippi (24)
17. CREIGHTON (12)
18. Missouri (22)
19. N.C. State (18)
20. San Diego State (25)
21. Kansas State (13)
22. New Mexico (17)
23. Cincinnati (20)
24. Minnesota (14)
25. Marquette (NR)